10 examples of sentence modal verb
grade 9


Sagot :

Answer:

1. CAN - Ability, doubt, astonishment, permission, Polite request

I can play the football.

Can I go out tonight?

2.MAY - Permission, if not prohibition, supposition with doubt

It may rain tomorrow.

May I go to the bathroom?

3. MUST - Obligation, firm necessity, logical conclusion, probability

He must be her brother.

You must study today.

4. SHALL - intention, supposition

You shall pay on Saturday.

Shall I help you?

5. WILL - Wish, desire, will, confidence, in the future

I will give you a gift.

I have asked him but he will not come.

6. OUGHT TO - Moral duty, insistent advice, strict recommendation

I ought not to go out today.

You oughn’t to tell lies.

7. NEED - (un)necessity

I need to talk to her.

You needn’t buy a gift for me.

8. BE TO - Obligation arising out of arrangement or agreement

9. HAVE TO -Unwillingness, forced circumtances

I have to wait.

10. WOULD - Wish (with “to like”), polite request, a habit of the past

I would play the tennis when I was a child.

How about going to the circus tonight? It would so funny.

We are going to breakfast. Would you come? Yes, I would.